Status of fishingh in Talsari

1. Annual Fishing Operation A Comparative
study on at Udaipur, Talsari & Mandarmani
Pabitra Bhattacharya
Bidhan Chandra College, Rishra.
Department of Geography

3. .
Study Area
Udaipur is a less famous sea beach in Kanthi coastal
plain. Tourism, fishing or any other economic activity
has not been developed in this area .Talsari is a
beach resort in the Bengal-Orissa border area. Talsari
channel is a distributaries’ of Subarnarekha River. It
is a fishing port. The economic condition of the
region is dependant on fishing & tourism. The most
newly developed, attractive, popular & criticized
tourist spot of West Bengal is Mandarmani.

4. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

5. METHODOLOGY
•Opinion & perception survey at Udaipur, Mandarmani,
Talsari with a standard questionnaire set.
•Taking snaps of field photographs.
•Analysis of primary data.
•Report writing submission of the documents

6. Factors Udaipur Talsari Mandarmani
Date 21.11.12 22.11.12 22.11.12
Time
No. of boats 70 400 200
Persons per boat 6 7 7
Types of netting used Monofil net Monofilnet
65cm,70cm,75cm.
Kul Bandi net-all types of
fish can be caught
Total fish catch per
operation
10 kg/boat 10 kg/boat 10 kg/boat
Total per head income
per month
Rs. 1599/- Rs. 2250/- Rs. 1250/-
Time of fishing operation
& maximum fish catch
Throughout the year
(Mid-July- mid Sept.)
Throughout the year
(Mid. July- mid Sept.)
Throughout the
year(September-February
maximum)
Closing month of fishing April-May August-September( Mid-
April to mid-June by
Orissa Govt. order)
End of February-March
Secondary occupation Farming or nothing Nothing Farming
Fishing market sea beach Talsari jetty Local
Types of fish catch Hilsha Hilsha, Parse, etc Hilsha Hilsha, Pomphret,
Gurjali, Mackerel
Shrimps, etc.
Hazardous at the month
of fishing
cyclone Cyclone, heavy rain Nor’wester
Table no. 1 : Showing the comparative study on annual fishing operation at
Udaipur, Talsari & Mandarmani-
Source: Based on field survey 2012

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